A psychometric study of the Test of Everyday Attention for Children in the Chinese setting.

Full Abstract

OBJECTIVE:
To explore the psychometric properties of the Test of Everyday Attention for Children (TEA-Ch) in the context of a Chinese setting.

METHODS:
Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to examine the construct validity of the Chinese version of the TEA-Ch among a group of 232 children without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Test-retest reliability was tested on a random sub-sample of 20 children at a 4-week interval. Clinical discrimination was also examined by comparing children with and without ADHD (22 in each group) on the performances of the TEA-Ch.

RESULTS:
The current Chinese sample demonstrated a three-factor solution for attentional performance among children without ADHD, namely selective attention, executive control/switch, and sustained attention (chi(2)(24)=34.56; RMSEA=.044; p=.075). Moreover, the whole test demonstrated acceptable test-retest reliability at a 4-week interval among a small sub-sample. Children with ADHD performed significantly more poorly than healthy controls in most of the subtests of the TEA-Ch.

CONCLUSIONS:
The results of the present study demonstrate that the test items remain useful in China, a culture very different from that in which the test originated. Finally, the TEA-Ch also presents several advantages when compared to other conventional objective measures of attention.

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Author information

Author/s: Chan, Raymond C K (RC); Wang, Li (L); Ye, Jiawen (J); Leung, Winnie W Y (WW); Mok, Monica Y K (MY);

Affiliation: Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. rckchan@psych.ac.cn

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists (Arch Clin Neuropsychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Jul; vol 23 (issue 4) : pp 455-66

Dates: Created 2008/06/09; Completed 2008/08/21;

PMID: 18472391, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

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Adolescent
Age Factors
Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - diagnosis; ethnology; psychology
Child
Child, Preschool
China

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